Qilin-Giraffes – The Podcast to Restore your Faith in Humanity

Qilin-Giraffes – The Podcast to Restore your Faith in Humanity

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  • VitaNetz - Podcast in German
    Katharina Lehmann and the innovative society

    Giraffe Hero Katharina Lehmann, a psychologist with her own practice, had a permanent position on the police force in Zürich. She could truly have had a quiet life. However, Katharina was not willing to compromise on the truth, stepped out of her comfort zone and put her employment and public reputation on the line. She co-initiated the VitaNetz Foundation. VitaNetz is building an innovative society that places health and the harmonious coexistence of humans, animals and nature at the center of its activities. This includes pesticide- and antibiotic-free agriculture, animal husbandry, solidarity-based economic management with its own monetary system, and a lot more. But listen to it yourself, today I'm bringing to you Katharinas speech at the headquarters of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation as a podcast.

    32 min
  • To hell and back
    Precious Hearts Haven rescue and shelter victims and survivors of domestic violence

    Violence against women in Zimbabwe is partly accepted as a fact of life, especially by elderly “counselors” that traditionally perceive women as the property of their husbands. My guest today Precious Kiwiti was known as a strong woman, running restaurants and catering services successfully, and starting a kindergarten for single mothers. But hardly anyone knew about her well-hidden tragedy. Precious recently completed the kanthari course in India and is now jumping into the practical part of her training. Now, she is about to head back to Zimbabwe to work with women and girls who have been affected by domestic violence. Her social venture “Precious Hearts Haven”, plans to work towards the elimination of gender-based violence.

    This is the last Podcast of this Year 2021, we at the Giraffe Heroes Foundation, are hoping for more Giraffe-Nominations in the New Year and are wishing you all Hope, Love and Faith. May this coming year bless you with love, peace, and empowerment.

    53 min
  • The Khoj
    Khoj in hindi means search, and this is what this episode is about.

    Dear listeners, are you looking to come out of your comfort zone? Are you ready to challenge your fears, for an adventure? Then get ready for the great Indian treasure hunt. today in our Podcast we are hunting a treasure in Kerala with my guest, kanthari participant, Abhilash John. Locked in a cage of constraints and expectations, Abhilash was not able to dream and follow his personal path. A street child helped him to challenge his fears, to set him free to explore his strengths and passions. Through his social venture, Khoj, he offers “the great Indian treasure hunt”, An adventurous journey for Indian youngsters to break out of their parent’s dreams.

    Visit https://khojindia.in/ for more infos

    47 min
  • Life is too important to get stuck
    Paul Kronenberg: A small chili making a HUGE difference

    „Life is what you’re happy for getting up for.“ - if not, there is something wrong in your life”. Giraffe Hero Paul Kronenberg is cofounder of the kanthari program for social change makers in Kerala. About a year ago, we had the pleasure to listen to his partner Sabriye Tenberken on this podcast. Today we have Paul sharing his vast experiences and getting to know his attitude towards life. It's a delight to listen to his very practical advice, entertaining anecdotes and certainly - I'm sure we can also try to take it in as an enhancer to overcome our comfort zones and start doing something, while starting to look. He uses wit and humor to mirror the true shape of the world that makes one think and reflect about what can or maybe must be done differently to become part of solutions.

    **Keywords:**

    Paul Kronenberg and Sabriye Tenberken encourage social visionaries especially from developing countries, people living on the margins of society. They are to become ethical entrepreneurs. You have met some of them in this podcast, kanthari alumni. People who have overcome adversity: be it discrimination for belonging to a minority like LGBTQI+, visual impaired, or having suffered sexual abuse, being an albino, to mention only a few. These social change makers are baked at the kanthari leadership program for visionaries in Kerala, India. The program is a final stop before starting an own organization / venture /NGO or social enterprise. but before that, there is the kanthari talks, the dream speech of the participants.
    Inspirational quotes - Motivational Words:
    Kanthari talks - culmination of social change program
    Social change makers - „Good stories start with „once upon a time“ - one story can change your entire life
    Stories and adversities they have overcome - and put it into perspective on how many people live - you can see the strength and what people are capable of
    4:24 „we are not afraid, we are born fearless“ - danger is a concept put into us
    5:12 „as long you are not going to die, why don’t you try“
    The programme is trying to help people failing in a safe environment - preparation for real life - higher chance to be successful
    7:26 over the years we learned a lot - we already had 10 years of experience. Help people to safe 2-3 years and start immediately their organization the right way.
    9:02 „change from within“ - where has change been sustainable? When there is an external factor - it has not been sustainable
    11:40 intrinsic drive - motivation is crucial to achieve your goals. If you have a task, you have a value. You are respected, and you have dignity. And therefore self confidence. To become a social change maker, the most important part is, „what do you want?“
    13:40 dream factory. What is it, what you want? As long as you know what it is that you want, you’re going to get it. „Life is what you’re happy for getting up for.“ - if not, there is something wrong in your life.
    16:16 we have a wide diversity of topics what we can work with. Run campaigns, schools - any kind of social venture - you need to have an organization. A lot of people miss out of that. What do you need, to run an organization? You need to be organized. Learning about responsibilities. Policies in place. Financial system in place, accounting. NGOs - people basically outsource their wish. Other people have money but not the time to realize what they’d like to see. Many parts are equal for everyone - be it running a commercial project or an NGO. So that’s one part.
    19:27 There is nothing bad about good fights. If you’re willing to fight for something that is ethical - that’s fine. So we create a code of conduct. To some level, everyone is egoistic. Only when you’re feeling well, you can do something well to other people.
    20:43 everything that we do here is trying to make everyone feel in charge. We define together how to work on a daily basis.
    Intercultural dialogue - common ground - code of conduct, it’s build like that:
    kanthari is a place where we respect through: …….it’s signed physically - everyone is the owner, agreed and therefore responsible
    This way, we’ve never had really bad conflicts.
    24:28 „we learned that silence is gold“, avoiding conflicts. When I knew Sabriye, I learned how to fight about something essential. Then we move on, life is too important to get stuck.
    25:25 encyclopedia „spice box - spread the spice“ - an online collection of lots of tools and skills
    27:30 we’re trying to make it available for some revenue, since we depend on funding. We’re still figuring how to do that.
    32:00 common demoniator in a kanthari - change maker - motivation —> personal history. When they go back and work with people like them, the first thing that is needed, is trust, from their future beneficiaries. The connection is very strong, and it’s very important.
    Join the livestream to listen to inspiring solutions for global and local problems. By the end of this week Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th of December.
    The kanthari TALKS are the culmination of the intensive, hands on, seven month social leadership program. Their projects cover the areas of protecting the environment, human rights, alternative learning and empowering the marginalized. In this Podcast Paul tells us, among other things, what is expecting us this week on Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th of December.
    Streaming link: www.kantharitalks.org/
    The new kantharis are about to finish this year's training. These Change makers from 8 countries are going to present their captivating life stories of resilience and hope.

    1 hr 38 min
  • Stand up and speak!
    How “alarmo” is going to save our environment

    Akhina Mohan from Kerala India, plans to start alarmo, a youth driven, Kerala based task force that nudges people to act immediately. Nothing makes her more furious than the mistreatment and irresponsibility towards the environment. Participating in relief work during the 2018 Kerala floods, helped her to break out of her shell. Now, she knows, her actions can make a difference! The younger generation needs to realize that their planet is on fire, and together they have to start saving it.

    Akhina is right now preparing her kanthari Talk which she is going to present, along with the other 15 participants on the 17th and 18th of December. If you want to get to know these 16 social change makers, make sure to note down these days. Visit https://www.kantharitalks.org/ for the livestream, and watch the participants from 8 countries, present their captivating life stories of resilience and hope.

    www.alarmo.in

    52 min
  • When time runs out...
    Is there a shortcut?

    "Allowing for the book, after all, being a parody, something like 1984 could actually happen. This is the direction the world is going in at the present time. In our world, there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement.” George Orwell. In today's Podcast you get to have a deep theoretical and philosophical insight of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation. In our latest event, Giraffe Heroes foundation founder Tom Amatt, read from four authors who tried to give their compatriots a wake-up call as long as there was still time. And this is what he and the Giraffe Heroes Foundation team wants. To make a wakeup call to the society in these times of unprecedented changes in our natural and societal environment. The question is: is there still time now? The texts are extracted from René Guénon, The Crisis of the Modern World and George Orwell’s postscript to 1984. He also read Brave New World Revisited from Aldous Huxley and the End of Belzebub’s Tales to his Grandson by George Gurdjeff. I kindly invite to enjoy these passages. To reflect and, why not, to philosophize a little with us. So please, lean back and enjoy the reading.

    **Keywords:**

    Welcome to the Podcast to restore your faith in Humanity. Today's podcast is not a Podcast, at least not as you, dear listener, are used to, every tuesday. Im taking the liberty to quote George Orwell first: "Allowing for the book, after all, being a parody, something like 1984 could actually happen. This is the direction the world is going in at the present time. In our world, there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement.” George Orwell. In today's Podcast you get to have a deep theoretical and philosophical insight of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation. In our latest event, Giraffe Heroes foundation founder Tom Amatt, read from four authors who tried to give their compatriots a wake-up call as long as there was still time. And this is what he and the Giraffe Heroes Foundation team wants. To make a wakeup call to the society in these times of unprecedented changes in our natural and societal environment. The question is: is there still time now? The texts are extracted from René Guénon, The Crisis of the Modern World and George Orwell’s postscript to 1984. He also read Brave New World Revisited from Aldous Huxley and the End of Belzebub’s Tales to his Grandson by George Gurdjeff. I kindly invite to enjoy these passages. To reflect and, why not, to philosophize a little with us. So please, lean back and enjoy the reading
    It is no longer news that the Western world is in a crisis, a crisis that has spread far beyond its point of origin and become global in nature. In 1927, René Guénon responded to this crisis with the closest thing he ever wrote to a manifesto and 'call-to-action'. The Crisis of the Modern World was his most direct and complete application of traditional metaphysical principles-particularly that of the 'age of darkness' preceding the end of the present world-to social criticism, surpassed only by The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, his magnum opus. In the present work Guénon ruthlessly exposes the 'Western deviation': its loss of tradition, its exaltation of action over knowledge, its rampant individualism and general social chaos. His response to these conditions was not 'activist', however, but purely intellectual, envisioning the coming together of Western intellectual leaders capable under favorable circumstances of returning the West to its traditional roots, most likely via the Catholic Church, or, under less favorable ones, of at least preserving the 'seeds' of Tradition for the time to come. You can download the full text in pdf form here:
    https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-crisis-of-the-modern-world-collected-works-of-rene-guenon-d2928570.html
    "Allowing for the book, after all, being a parody, something like 1984 could actually happen. This is the direction the world is going in at the present time. In our world, there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. The sex instinct will be eradicated. We shall abolish the orgasm. There will be no loyalty except loyalty to the Party. But always there will be the intoxication of power. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who’s helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever. The moral to be drawn from this dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one: don’t let it happen. It depends on you." Whatch the Video here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osh4Ylw8sEk
    Download Book: https://www.planetebook.com/1984/
    Nineteen Eighty-Four, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society.[2][3] Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany.[2][3][4] More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.
    Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19z5QHcxjxY
    Brave New World was written in 1932, but it has demonstrated its relevance in our modern age. This video essay attempts to show the valuable lessons they can be extracted from this book, and asks the question: Was Brave New World right?
    Book Download:
    https://cognitive-liberty.online/brave-new-world-revisited-aldous-huxley-1958/
    Video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axe5__WO1uw
    Beelzebubs tales, Gurdjieff
    Beelzebubs Tales to His Grandson ..Audiobook: https://archive.org/details/BeelzebubsTalesToHisGrandson..book1FullAudio
    Book download: https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff.pdf

    We are proud to share every week inspirational stories from remarkable individuals. Stories that come from many different places. Each Giraffe's story is unique with the underlying theme of overcoming challenges present in all. Take a look at each individual experience, and although each person is different, they all have one thing in common: Heroism. We want to hear your stories, too. If you'd like to tell us about your front-line hero, visit us at giraffe-heroes.eu.

    You´ll find the Giraffe Heroes Stories every Tuesday on Spotify, iTunes, our Homepage and every other place, where you hear your podcasts
    Join us again next week!

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    30 min
  • Sarita fights back
    Prayatna Nepal empowers blind and visually impaired girls and women.
    Please make the effort to follow our talk with Sarita Lamichhane who is talking about her experiences in Nepal being a daughter, and blind. What does it mean for the family? She shares with us how she grew up, through the quota got engaged in a government job, went for training at kanthari and founded her own project Prayatna Nepal. It also includes a fight back programme to increase confidence, especially for visually impaired women, who often suffer discrimination and sexual harassment.
    34 min
  • Invisible Women
    The vulnerabilities of widows in Zimbabwe
    Being widowed can be one of the most overwhelming traumatic experiences that women and also men face in their lives. Loneliness significantly affects those who’ve suffered the death of a husband. Widows can become some of the most marginalised groups in society. Yet they are often in greatest need, whether in terms of physical or mental, emotional or practical adjustments to their lives. Our Guest Gram Tinashe Makwarimba, better known as Carter Founded in 2014 , Yolk Africa. A non-profit entity that enriches people and communities on the margins of society to overcome social and economic discrimination with a primary focus on widows and single mothers.
    57 min
  • Restoring faith in Humanity
    Why you should listen to this Podcast
    Mehr als 30 Gespräche mit Giraffe Heroes, kanthari-Alumni und Menschen, die sich weltweit für Gerechtigkeit, Freiheit, Umwelt und sozialen Wandel einsetzen: „Stick Your Neck Out!“ ist ein Podcast über Mut, Haltung und Menschlichkeit. Die Episoden geben persönliche Einblicke in die Geschichten hinter gesellschaftlichem Engagement – oft unter schwierigen Bedingungen, aber getragen von Hoffnung, Widerstandskraft und dem Wunsch, echte Veränderung anzustoßen. Produziert und moderiert von Yampier Aguiar Durañona (medienmacher.hamburg) im Auftrag der Giraffe Heroes Foundation.
    11 min
  • The Giraffing
    Presentation of Giraffes Heroes nominees

    Today's podcast is not a Podcast, at least not as you, dear listener, are used to, every tuesday. Today, we´re bringing to you the latest event of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation as a Podcast. Let me tell you what you are about to hear. In today's Podcast event, Giraffe Heroes Foundation founder Tom Ammat, is going to welcome you, with a notion, his notion of what makes the work of this foundation. Afterwards, you are going to get an Idea, about the latest nominations, some insights about the people you'll get the chance to get to know better in this Podcast, in the weeks to come. As a key outcome of this event there was an exclusive concert offered by Oganes Arustamov, one of our latest commended Giraffe Heroes and Fuko Ishi. If you'd like to listen to this concert, I kindly invite you, after listening to this Podcast, to just go to our YouTube channel and watch it. To lean back and enjoy this special interpretation.

    29 min

About Qilin-Giraffes – The Podcast to Restore your Faith in Humanity

From the publisher's feed

With this podcast we give our community the opportunity to get to know the Giraffe Heroes behind the foundation better by gaining deeper insight into their work. Thus you will have an opportunity of a direct encounter with these personalities sticking their necks out for the common good, fighting for the social issues that matter: justice, freedom, our environment. In our podcast, commended Giraffes are talking with us about the issues that count most for them and which drive them “To Stick their Necks Out” for our common good. We offer you a direct and often very personal "look" behind the scenes of their day to day activities. What made them start fighting for their local communities? How did they manage to cope with and overcome resistance? And yes, what concerns them and which dangers do they perceive as threatening the success of their struggle? Be inspired and have fun!